Professional character turnaround reference sheet. Show the SAME man (Casey) in 3 panels side by side: front view, left profile, right profile. Full body, neutral A-pose, plain white seamless background, even studio lighting, orthographic framing. Identical face (lean, 23, long unkempt brown hair, light stubble, wide earnest eyes), same costume in every panel: worn blue/brown plaid flannel over black tee, ripped dirty jeans, heavy boots. Label each panel: FRONT, LEFT, RIGHT.
# Montage — Truck Stop at Night
A truck stop parking lot at night, rows of parked semis with running lights, tall sodium lamp poles casting orange pools over wet asphalt, a lit fuel canopy and diner sign glowing in the background. Empty scene, no people or animals, framed to leave foreground room for figures sitting and splitting food. Moody cinematic photography, moody night color, orange and cyan light mix.
Build a cinematic night scene. Image 1-3 are Casey (jittery 23, long unkempt hair, anxious eyes). Images 4-6 are Patches (25, sun-scorched, leather jacket, calm). Images 7-9 are Gumby (23, tall lanky, red bandanna, thrift clothes). Image 10 is Thor the floppy-eared hound. Place all four crouched low together in tall weeds by a chain-link fence at night, a distant rail-yard spotlight raking behind them. Thor asleep across Casey's boot. Faces half-lit, breath visible, cold blue moonlight, shallow depth of field, 35mm film grain, tense stillness.
A continuous 15-second night sequence, strict profile perspective throughout, camera parallel to the moving train. [00:00] Close-up tracking shot on their running feet pounding across the gravel, past the train wheels. [00:04] Profile shot tracking alongside the three punks and their dog as they run parallel to the boxcar, keeping pace with the wide open SIDE sliding door in the middle of the car's long side wall; the train is moving quickly and picking up speed. [00:08] Medium profile shot on Patches (woman in the leather jacket) as she runs alongside the open side door, then grabs the edge and swings up sideways through the open side door into the dark interior, entering through the side of the car, never the end. [00:11] Wide profile tracking shot as Gumby (tall, red bandanna) scoops up Thor the dog while running and hands the dog up sideways through the open side door to Patches, who grabs him. [00:14] Close shot as Patches sets Thor down safely on the boxcar floor inside. Cold blue moonlight, distant yard lights, film grain, kinetic handheld urgency, breath visible in the cold air. They always enter through the open door on the side of the boxcar, not the back end.
interior moving box car Empty Boxcar Interior, Rear Door Open. live action film.
[00:00] The characters Casey, Road-Worn - Character Ref SheetPatches with Stick-and-Poke TattoosGumby Character ReferenceThor Character Reference jog into the scene from behind the camera and sit on the floor of the box car, exhausted. breathing heavy. camera dollies.
[00:03] close on Casey as he sits at the edge of the open door, his legs hanging over the edge.
[00:05] over casey's shoulder, looking out the moving fields beyond.
[00:08] cut to camera push in close on patches who takes a swig from a bottle. she tosses it over to gumby.
[00:10] cut to gumby who catches the bottle. drinks from it. Thor sits next to him.
gumby.
[00:13] cut back to three shot of all of them. smiling. happy. camera tilts up toward ceiling.
live action film. [00:00] interior gas station Flying J Truck Stop Store cut to the checkout counter where [00:09 handheld camera tracking gumby as he walks to the exit. he walks past Patches Patches Character Turnaroundpatches is chatting and flirting with the teenage clerk behind the counter. camera handheld
# Prop: Brand New Cordless Hair Clippers
A brand new cordless consumer electric hair clipper, matte black plastic body with a polished chrome adjustable guard and a crisp sharp trimming blade, pristine and unused straight out of the box. Cordless with NO power cord and no cable of any kind. Single object presented as a clean studio product shot, centered on a pure seamless white background, bright even soft studio lighting, sharp focus, subtle soft shadow beneath, no hands, no people, no packaging, no cord. Crisp commercial product photography.
ive action film. no background music. night, trainyard Trainyard Edge, No Fences. [00:00] camera dolly, tracking along side the crew Patches Character TurnaroundGumby Character TurnaroundCasey - Turnaround Sheet, Buzzed HeadThor Character Turnaround as they run across the tracks [00:03] cut to close on casey, glancing over his shoulder as he runs, camera handheld
[00:06] cut to casey's POV looking back as a second security truck suddenly pulls out onto the road behind him, headlights and a blinding white spotlight blasting straight at him [00:09] camera tracking behind the three of them running as a security truck Railroad Security Truck suddenly pulls out in front of them, and screeches to a stop and shins a spotlight on them. the three young people freeze, throwing hands up against the glare, silhouetted, caught. hard tension, engine roar, no music.
[00:12] cut to medium camera orbits in front of the three of them, they're blasted with the spotlight, squinting against the harsh light.